^{18 Ref} For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, tempest,

^{19 Ref} the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them,

^{20 Ref} for they could not stand that which was commanded, "If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned{TR adds "or shot with an arrow" [see Exodus 19:12-13]};"

^{21 Ref} and so fearful was the appearance, that Moses said, "I am terrified and trembling."

^{22 Ref} But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels,

^{23 Ref} to the general assembly and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,

^{24 Ref} to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.